Arizona silver belt., 1887-09-03
MANUFACTURE oF COLO LEAF


Work aud Wages of Cold A3ehterae~S0Bae
interesting tnf0rlnhtson4
cold Leaf i manufactured III about
twenty Shops Ia New Work and its
suburbs II IS estimated thai 30 500
ouaces of gold are consumed annually
hese hi making gold l0af gold can DO
beaten 50 thin chat II w'iA tftEe 600
leaves rs equal tlle thickness az The ssieet
upon which this paper Il printed An
ounce eaa be heaten aeYsn to 2 900 leaves
three ana threc eights inches aql1llp
AZ an establishment IN lladson street .
reporter was told Tint the gold II bought
of hrokegs III small ingc.s, which are
melted into bars about i quarter OF ga
inch thick. These are rolled into rib
bon as tliich Al aote pager Afterpasing
through the hands ii the bcalers il II put
ia hooks, Interviewed with MANILA tissue,
and twenty looks are pat ~ a package.
No dress comes from the gold as u IS
beaten, hut there are ragged edges that
drop OH Tho leaf ii used BY gilders,
bookbinders, dentists and sigp painters.
The wages of gold beaters are $l5 u
week A piece hand g0ts S5 D beating
A good one can possibly do two q week,
and as many as nine month have been
done Extra Il paid if the workman
beats the gold below five grains 70 q book.
Some can 10 50 four and half ana
even f0nr graiGs pen book,
How thin can you get III beatet in
Brooinc street was asked
s'It Is beaten 10 one thfea-hundred-
thousandta Of al inch thick 1T Eve grains
70 the book. IL II gets down to four
grains ii Il one thee untreG- and -sixty-
tb0usanslth az tn inch The New York
system employs men only with GIRLS 10
do the cutting The German SYSTEM ela-
ploys children of s III u On that system
men do the beating and girls Do Tho Iaiaal
ING and filing,
How Ii tile gold beaten"
ut Il beaten IN Hlolds made III London
from the intestines ot COWS, cleaned and
vanished with secret preparation man
ufactured BY Puckridga q Nephew, of
London. Tho skins are put 10 packages
af 800 skins each. and three ~ Thesis
molis 20 10 d heating
GLOW much gold Il there Ia beat
ingg'
Fifty Jsennyweights ia a beating. The
ribbon az solid gold ii divided into no
Oh $50 pieces each about an inch square,
These are put inlo 4 cufch ulade a
French paper four inches Square That
is beaten until we set the gold 70 the
edges. ID is handlea with pincers at tlat
time. II IS beaten half an hour. The
pieces are then Tdlsd twenty Ga top G
eaeh other. They are then cut ID fcur
and doubled over, making 9aN. They are
then put In d .scheder. 81 ilnef racld calt
down We fin the scLoslef with These
leaves IN the middle, and beat i out ~
| the edges. We beat Il sbotit two hours.
until we draw about ten penny weights olI
the schneider.
docs il have 70 be kept dry"
awe have to keep the windows shut.
1 hut the clutches, schadcgs and molsis take
I up 10 much moisture that they have II *
! put ID . hot mold 10 press the moisture
I out
| docs that finish its'
0h, 40 Tie leaves are cut again
| into four with tool called h wagon.
making z, $50, but tho nlnlsls hold only
1900. Ehe nolds are beaten foar hours.
az the end If each hour there heislg Whit
h called close, whea they are heated
| Then the beaten Is through with il, and
\ the cutter takes II. This & Tie only work
done by the girls Ia New York. They
can cut fTcm thirty u sixty-fu books !
day, a two aud 4 hall cssnta d book Tue
1 leaf when il gets ia 4 book u ~ thin tliat
| il i handled only with dc Isreatli.
How y The work testeas
Only with the eye, There Is no rule
about the business, bit Il u purely d mat
4 ter Of skill and judgment. Tic best ii
/ the kind used on glass, which shows az
| imperfactions
II notice gold heaters usually work IN
baseEasnts, Why Ii that2'
a thmer blow can be given. II Oh the
first story, there Is a jnr, which dcterior
ates the quality
IA there any adnltefation III Che buai-
ncsss'
The Germans beat what Ii called d
metal leaf with an alloy. II Is sold very
4 cheap. II il eleornargitIine Of gold leaf
4 agd wil tarnish. Much q il Is used hy
I bookbirHlegs
eWbfn did the trade START
4 s'It IL very ancient. Ii mentioned III
the Bible. Gold LEST was used on Solo
mons temple The Chinese beat gold
4 leaf, bot Il cnanot compare 10 quality
4 with American Ieaf Some Of the China
i men had trouble with their employers,
/ but they soon ended IL They got the
employer into their lodge room, aud hen
II one after another took big bite ont II
1 his flesh. New York Sun.